Director, Distribution Network Simulation

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🔔 Pennsylvania – Remote

🔔 Pennsylvania – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

👔 Director

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Cencora

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10,000+ employees

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

🏥 Healthcare

Consulting • Logistics • Healthcare

Cencora is a company dedicated to improving the health and well-being of both people and animals globally. Built on the legacy of AmerisourceBergen, Cencora offers a wide range of industry-leading solutions that encompass specialty logistics, warehousing, drug research, clinical development support, and more. They provide commercialization and patient access support and offer wholesale and specialty distribution services. Cencora serves a diverse clientele, including pharmaceutical companies, physician practices, pharmacies, and health systems. The company also extends its services to animal health, managing operations and delivering products for animal pharmaceutical care. With a strong global footprint, Cencora aims to reshape healthcare delivery through innovative products and solutions, striving to create healthier futures for all.

📋 Description

• Develop a three- to five-year roadmap for building and scaling the Simulation capability within Cencora • Define where simulation should be embedded in capacity planning, facility design, automation evaluation, business cases, operational improvement, and the business planning cycle • Establish the global operating model, service offering, intake criteria, engagement model, and decision rights for simulation • Represent simulation as the capability subject matter expert in executive, portfolio, and investment discussions • Identify opportunities to convert one-time models into reusable decision-support capabilities • Develop simulation approaches ranging from rapid decision-support models to enterprise-scale digital representations • Own the simulation project portfolio across regions and business units • Translate business challenges into structured simulation use cases, objectives, decision questions, scenarios, success criteria, and implementation requirements • Prioritize initiatives based on business value, urgency, strategic alignment, feasibility, data readiness, decision timing, and available capacity • Manage demand, resources, external support, project sequencing, risks, and dependencies • Establish global standards for model architecture, development, verification, validation, documentation, review, reuse, and lifecycle management • Lead scenario analysis across throughput, capacity, labor, service, inventory flow, process design, layouts, automation, bottlenecks, resilience, and cost to serve • Lead simulation-based stress testing of facilities, networks, and operational processes • Quantify operational and financial trade-offs and develop business cases for operational and technology investments • Communicate recommendations, assumptions, risks, and sensitivities to executive and operational audiences • Define the target-state simulation platform and supporting technology architecture • Promote scalable, cloud-enabled, reusable model components, data pipelines, scenario libraries, and interactive decision applications • Partner with Data and IT teams to establish reliable access to operational data • Ensure recommendations are translated into executable requirements for Operations, Engineering, IT, Technology, and Continuous Improvement • Support operational pilots and technology evaluations where simulation can reduce investment risk • Recruit, lead, coach, and develop simulation managers, engineers, modelers, and analysts • Establish competency expectations, development plans, technical career pathways, and succession plans • Build simulation literacy across operational and cross-functional teams • Develop a community of practice and training curriculum • Manage strategic relationships with simulation vendors, consultants, universities, engineering partners, and technology providers

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in supply chain, logistics, operations management, business administration, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience required • Master's degree in supply chain, operations, business administration, or a related field, or equivalent experience preferred • 10+ years of experience in supply chain planning, supply chain operations, logistics, field operations, customer support operations, or a related field required • 5+ years of experience in a management capacity required • Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP), Certified Planning and Inventory Management (CPIM), or equivalent certification preferred • Project Management Professional (PMP) or equivalent certification preferred • Deep knowledge of supply chain planning and operations, including demand planning, inventory planning and optimization, supply planning, forecasting, distribution network support, and continuity planning • Strong strategic and analytical capability to evaluate network options, interpret complex operational data, model trade-offs, and translate findings into executable business recommendations • Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills to align cross-functional teams, influence senior decision-makers, and manage external partners in complex operating environments • Strong knowledge of regulatory-adherent process design, operational controls, and compliance-focused execution across distribution, import/export, and service-critical supply chain activities • Sound judgment, financial acumen, and change leadership to balance service, quality, cost, risk, and scalability objectives across multiple initiatives and business needs

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision care • Backup dependent care • Adoption assistance • Infertility coverage • Family building support • Behavioral health solutions • Paid parental leave • Paid caregiver leave • Training programs • Professional development resources • Mentorship programs • Employee resource groups • Volunteer activities

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